IQE (OTCMKTS:IQEPF) versus Silvaco Group (NASDAQ:SVCO) Head-To-Head Comparison

IQE (OTCMKTS:IQEPF) and Silvaco Group (NASDAQ:SVCO) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent recommendations and price targets for IQE and Silvaco Group, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IQE	0	0	0	0	0.00
Silvaco Group	1	0	4	1	2.83

Silvaco Group has a consensus price target of $11.25, indicating a potential upside of 155.10%. Given Silvaco Group’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Silvaco Group is more favorable than IQE.

Profitability

This table compares IQE and Silvaco Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IQE	N/A	N/A	N/A
Silvaco Group	-47.59%	-15.53%	-9.87%

Volatility & Risk

IQE has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Silvaco Group has a beta of 3.18, indicating that its stock price is 218% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares IQE and Silvaco Group”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
IQE	$150.84 million	0.39	-$48.79 million	N/A	N/A
Silvaco Group	$59.68 million	2.26	-$39.40 million	($1.03)	-4.28

Silvaco Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than IQE.

Summary

Silvaco Group beats IQE on 7 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About IQE

IQE plc, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and sells advanced semiconductor materials. It operates through three segments: Wireless, Photonics, and CMOS++. The company manufactures and sells compound semiconductor materials for the wireless market which includes radio frequency devices for wireless communications, and photonics market, that includes applications that transmit and sense visible and infrared lights, as well as advanced semiconductor materials related to silicon. It operates in the United States, rest of the Americas, France, Germany, Israel, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the People's Republic of China, Japan, Taiwan, and rest of the Asia-Pacific. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Cardiff, the United Kingdom.

About Silvaco Group

Silvaco Group Inc. is a provider of TCAD, EDA software and SIP solutions which enable semiconductor design and AI through software and innovation. The company’s solutions are used for process and device development across display, power devices, automotive, memory, high performance compute, photonics, internet of things and 5G/6G mobile markets for complex SoC design. Silvaco Group Inc. is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.